 Poster: A snowHead
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WOO HOO!
Ive just been reading lots of Negitive Weather forcasts on snow heads and im flapping a little bit.
And dont worry i have every intention of giving a thougher report on resort, bars, hotel, and plenty of pics! ::
Ps, who are SCGB?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ps, who are SCGB? |
Ski Club of Great Britain
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ahh
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Possibility of a few flakes on the 5th Jan ( 3cm predicted.... if thats out to go by) 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi - Im going to Rauris 12-19th Jan (nr Zell Am See & Gasteinertal valley) - with the wet and warmer weather being predicted over the next few days/week do you think there is a chance of the base currently 45cm at 950m being washed away? Been soo smug about the amount of snow there - now starting to panic - its ok for me and wife we can go up on mountain but young son will be on nursery slope first couple of days
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Lets see more of these positive vibes. We're off to Soll on 12th and all this doom has been getting to me, all credit to your optimism. 
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I think you might all be right - already loads of snow - Austria is a stunning country - what ever happens will be great holiday! Even if theres just 5-10cm of snow in the valley my son will love it (his eyes will pop with excitement when he goes in the gondola). By the way you are definitely right about spending too much time on the weather reports - they changed again today compared to yesterday!
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its getting quite warm 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just back from Kaprun.
Had a pretty good week but in need of a feshen up for sure.
Piste is starting to get hard and icy and high winds closed many of the lifts on the glacier.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Arrived in Serfaus yesterday, just looked out window and it's snowing!! That's a bit of a relieve because all the forecasts have been for Rain so it's looking good for the morning.
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Had our first day sking today, it snowed loads and all the pistes where good. GOOD NEWS!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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the long term forecast is currently showing a dip in the temps and lots of precipation around the 12th of this month so you may well be in luck and find it's snowing when you arrive 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Arrived back from Finkenberg/Mayrhofen today after 10 days away, snow was 10cm each on last Sunday/Monday, then minimal snowfall for the rest of the week. Pistes were in great condition, except on snowfall days when they got rutted/mogulled by the end of the day, but the piste bashers were out in force overnight and by first lift it was all soft icing again. Visibility was excellent on all days except when it was snowing, when it was down to 20 feet in places, but with later clearance. Yesterday a major thaw set in, but the forecasts are looking good for that being a temporary blip.
The coverage on the mountains was patchy in places though - over a metre on the main pistes, but some higher runs showing grass and rocks due to what we assumed was wind damage rather than lack of snow. Winds were light/none except on Thursday, when some of the higher lifts on Eggalm were closed, making our day out to that area slightly limited. The main Penken runs were as always exceptionally crowded from noon on Wednesday, but anyone who knows the area or can read a piste map can easily find somewhere else to play which has more variety and challenge anyway. We included a morning on the Ahorn to avoid the lift queues from Mayrhofen after dropping our son off for the day at the excellent Wuppy's Kinderland, and there were maybe 300 people on the whole mountain, of whom we saw about 10 on the 5Km run into town. Coverage on the 2 home runs into the valley was as expected for the time of year - minimal to none, though the tracks through the brown ice suggested that some had tried it. The probably walked the last 500 metres at least.
Now to start planning our March weekender...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Any more updates from the land of palacial mountain restaurant toilets, Gluhwein and questionable leather clothing??
Yes I know it's only been three days but would love an update - how's the milder weather affecting things?
Am off to Hochkonig region a week on Friday!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Just skied at obertauren today. Fantastic conditions, piste in a1 conditions and some decent 10cm of fluffy stuff to be found off the piste,last snowed moday i think. My first trip to obertauern, most impressed, I'm always looking to be off the piste and there are plenty of obvious routes, you do notice the vertical being a little limited as the chairlifts all seem quite short, but not really a problem. I assume Hochkonig will be in good shape, i'm based in schladming and plenty of snow down to valley. Warm weather has probably improved the piste conditions, even after a little rain. Snow forecast for the weekend
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waynos, cheers for the update. We spent new year in Obertauern a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it, apart from as you say you do notice the lack of vertical, but I did like the variety of different pistes there and really enjoyed the high bowls, as well as the 'bottom end' of the circuit, i.e. on the Carinthia side of the town, where the FIS run is. Was also good for me as a newbie off-pister, because there was plenty of non-scary off-piste, i.e. you could see where you would end up, and that there would be a lift there!
Good news that Schladming is in good shape down to the valley, Hochkonig is looking good on the cams (and very quiet, I assume they are keeping the pistes until after my visit!) but it's always good to hear from people on the ground.
Keep 'em coming!
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any news on mayrhofen guys?
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What's it like in Soll? Snow looks quite good on webcam but as never been before can't compare. Off there saturday.
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It is raining in Kitzbuehel today.
The conditions are deteriorating fast.
A good chunk of lifts and slopes have closed, due to lack of snow.
After a brilliant start to the season, things are beginning to look a bit shaky in some lower parts of Austria.
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Whitegold, fine down the road in low altitude schladming, not looking shaky at all. Are you in austria?
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hoofing it down in Kitzbuehel on the webcams 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Snowing up high in Gastein at the moment. It's due in the valley later as the temps from overnight.
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You know it makes sense.
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Markus, i'm with you on that one. The temps could do with a tumble.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Kersh, you going out to Bad Gastein this year?
Mother was out there over New Year, apparently fantastic on-piste conditions, far better than last Feb half term in the Zillertal
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just back from kitzbuhel this afternoon. awesome week skiing. fresh snow last Sat, sun and a little bit monday then sun has been out rest of the week. Good snow still high up, bit tired and icy lower down. hanenkham been closed for race prep all week and resort staring to get busy...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Evening update from schladming. Rain in town at the moment but looks like snow just up the hill. Just drove back from Salzburg, encountered wet snow / sleet on drive back. Local TV shows 0 at 1100m, -1 at 1300 and -4 at 1800. so quite a drop from day time temps, hopefully not stopped dropping. Plenty of people skiing & sledging down Hochwerzen, open for floodlit skiing til 10:30pm, so I may go get some powder in an hour or so.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Just back from SAALBACH/HINTERGLEMM.!!
Holiday was Amuzzin! Will report tommorow or the day after.
Conditions where good, but today the snow was getting realy realy soft and there are a few grassy patchs starting to show.
All the piste's are good condition though and the runs are open right to the bottom.
Saalbach realy needs the temps to drop though its too warm!
We skiied the Glacia at Kaprun and the snow was excelent! Loads of powder, like 12inch's of the stuff. The kind of snow you cant make snow balls with!
Hotel Sonnegg was fantastic! anyway more thougher report in a few days!
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Snow settled in town this morning, still snowing lightly, should be a powder day in low altitude austria.
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Good to hear that it looks like temps have dropped again lower down. Due to a busy week away with work this week, I will be packing for our Friday trip out there today, it's starting to feel real!
Thanks for the regular updates waynos, it's great to hear how things are progressing - you are a hero of snow reporting!
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Back yesterday from the Zillertal area (I skied Mayrhofen, Kaltenbach and Zillertal Arena areas during the week).
We had snow up in the ski areas last Sunday/Monday (6th/7th), but raining in the valley, and quite warm and sunny for the rest of the week.
Snow on the pistes was superb all week, but off piste was pretty tracked out from the look of it, and valley runs were not open apart from Kaltenbach (which was all artificial on the home run).
The base of the valley itself was all completely bare of snow, all week, and the last couple of nights there wasn't even a frost at valley level.
By the Friday, the lowest parts of the available skiing were getting a bit heavy in the afternoon, although it was still soft and light higher up.
As we left on Saturday, it was again raining in the valley, but I believe was snowing quite heavily up in the ski areas.
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FAQ
Hopefully the temperature will drop sufficiently for it to dump in the valleys too 
